Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Pulitzer Prize–winning western novel written by Larry McMurtry. It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series, but the third installment in the series chronologically.

Photo: Completed: Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry I like audiobooks. I have a commute of about 30+ minutes...

02 Dec 2014 04:42

Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call are my I'm in love with Lonesome Dove and these two Texas…

30 Nov 2014 00:04

So Gracie and I stayed up until 2am last night watching "Lonesome Dove" on Netflix, an 8 hour mini series. I thought I'd watch 2 episodes last night and the last 2 today. Well, I couldn't STOP! I adore Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall is probably my all time favorite actor. I love his talent as an actor, his character and well, just about everything about him! Great mini-series I'm no doubt the only person who'd never seen it! lol! P.S. I fell in love with Mr. Duvall all over again last night, as he was a rough tough cowboy/Texas Ranger with 2 pet pigs!

24 Nov 2014 20:55

Another item from old Ellie Rucker files concerning Lonesome Dove series. A lot of publicity was given the filming of Lonesome Dove around Austin and Central Texas. What I want to know is when will the television series of the McMurtry book be shown? -M.G. A.Plans call for it to be aired in four parts beginning Sunday, Feb. 5. It will end Feb. 8 (on KTBC-TV, Channel 7, Cable 2). Stars are Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Anjelica Huston. But the biggest stars and most important are all the Austin actors and actresses, stand-ins, extras, producers and designers. All sequences supposedly taking place in Arkansas were actually filmed around Austin. The segment about the river raft was filmed on the Colorado River. Cattle-drive sequences - open prairie scenes - were filmed around Creedmore southeast of Austin. Willie Nelson's Western Town on his ranch at Pedernales Country Club is in the film. In the movie when you're in Fort Smith, Ark., you're actually looking at Willie's Western Town (it was built for Redhe ...

I've been tagged by Jane Malone-Miller to play a game of tens--to list 10 books that have stayed with me. Following my list I will tag more people. The idea is to list in your status ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don't take more than a few minutes and do not think too hard. They do not have to be the right books or great works of literature--just ones that have affected you in some way. Tag me so I can see your list, then tag more friends to share your own. Do this in your status and NOT in the comments. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson Watership Down - Richard Adams Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy Life Itself - Roger Ebert To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee The Stand - Stephen King The World According to Garp - John Irving The Road - Cormac McCarthy Chronicles - Bob Dylan

I was challenged by Laura Poff to name 10 books that had the most impact on me or something of that nature. Whew...this is a tough one. The Bible is beyond any book on my list and is a given for me, so I'll list others. 1) David Copperfield by Dickens - My copy was over 1,000 pages and I was still sad when it ended. Probably my favorite novel. 2) Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae and Captain Woodrow F. Call are two of my favorite characters. 3) The Gospel According To Jesus by John MacArthur - As a new Christian this book showed me what it means to follow Jesus as Lord. 4) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen - Also one of my favorite movies. 5) Desiring God by John Piper - Introduced me to Reformed Theology and the joy we have in Christ. 6) A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes - I have A Gentle Madness tattooed on my inner arm, that says all I need to say. 7) Gilead by Maril ...

"This would make a story if there was anybody to tell it..." - Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

31 Aug 2014 08:30

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: a brillaint Even 4 those who never read

12 Jul 2014 01:57

Shadows on the Trail by John Bradford Branney - Lonesome Dove without the cattle.

09 Jul 2014 00:23

South Texas Oilfield Expo Exhibitors: head to the Lonesome Dove to hear the Blue Channel Jazz Quartet.

18 Jun 2014 02:43

Been watching Lonesome Dove since I was 9 and I still bawl the entire last hour.

18 Jun 2014 02:41

can confirm Lonesome Dove is incredible. I borrowed it from years ago and it reduced me to tears.

18 Jun 2014 02:19

I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's bound to be extra painful. I face mine every day--that way they ain't usually much worse than a dry shave.” ― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

18 Jun 2014 02:09

I need a lawnmower. I also want a Netflix password, because I am in love with Game of Thrones &Lonesome Dove.

18 Jun 2014 01:18

Ending this amazing day off with watching lonesome dove!! Can't get no better than that!! ((:

17 Jun 2014 23:48

Lonesome dove 3 nights in a row at this house, think someone is obsessed 😜

17 Jun 2014 23:25

Japanese colors sounds like the Lonesome Dove theme song.

17 Jun 2014 22:36

"This is Broken Trail, the *** in Lonesome Dove is way prettier than her." Direct quote from my daddy

17 Jun 2014 22:28

Got ten pokes today. After just watching Lonesome Dove, they aren't quite the same as the movie version. Probably...

17 Jun 2014 22:28

So, I've heard lonesome dove is the best western ever. I think it's on netflix or amazon prime. Is it worth it?

17 Jun 2014 19:27

In Lonesome Dove by Garth is bar none my favorite song of all time

17 Jun 2014 19:18

So far, it's been a good day. I'm watching "Lonesome Dove." That has to be the best Western film / mini-series ever made.

17 Jun 2014 18:52

Need names badges, lanyards? These just came in for Lonesome Dove Equestrian Center. Thanks guys!

17 Jun 2014 18:39

these lonesome dove boys are just trying to run a decent Horse ranch, but *** Augustus won't shut up

17 Jun 2014 17:54

I think after I get done with the dishes, I'm gonna watch me some lonesome dove.♡

17 Jun 2014 17:52

We got in here to the lonesome dove cowboy church just shy of Cullman AL. It's got a nice little arena and it was great to see people horseback and some roping cattle. It reminded us of home. The folks here are really nice and the horses were great today after a day off. We head tomorrow about 10 miles west of Cullman and onward from there. I met up with Will tonite and he took us to dinner and we had a beer. It was great to hang out with another grunt and just be us. Even though we never served together and met for the first time today he is my brother and I know him. Thanks buddy I really enjoyed hanging out with you. Raymond and I calculated the number of horse tracks we leave in 100 miles and the number is 1,536,000 and we need to lay some more so tomorrow we ride.

17 Jun 2014 17:35

As an aside, Lonesome Dove is a GREAT movie. Fight thru the first 1.5 hrs; sets stage for epic last 4.5.

17 Jun 2014 17:12

In Lonesome Dove, the character Gus (Robert Duvall) says: "I'm more persuaded by the bodies we just buried."

IT'S RODEO TIME!!! SHETLAND BRONC RIDING IS THE NEWEST EVENT A new event will make its debut at this year's Big Spring Rodeo, which has a 3-night run beginning Thursday June 19. It's called Shetland Bronc Riding. Kids 5 to 12 will attempt to ride the bucking little ponies. Lonesome Dove Rodeo Company in Mullin, Texas, established four years ago, is furnishing them. One of the owners of the company, Heath Hohertz says "We're investing in the future of rodeo by providing three events for kids 17 and under. They start with Mutton Bustin', then go to Shetland Bronc Riding, then for older kids, 13 to 17, we have amateur broncs. We hope this process produces some great professional bronc riders. Our horses buck just like the big horses. We provide rigging, helmets and safety vests for our riders." Heath will be bringing a dozen Shetland ponies to the Big Spring Rodeo.

17 Jun 2014 12:07

Woohoo. I am lonely like . Lonesome dove.

17 Jun 2014 09:19

If you enjoyed 'Lonesome Dove', you will enjoy this!

17 Jun 2014 07:17

It's 2 in the morning, and yes I'm about to watch lonesome dove. Judge me

17 Jun 2014 06:51

Just seen a deer go acrose the highway by the lonesome dove

17 Jun 2014 06:30

Watched conclusion of Lonesome Dove on DVD tonight. Among best all time movies - ever.

17 Jun 2014 05:55

I've watched Wyatt Earp, Tombstone, and lonesome dove so much this week.

17 Jun 2014 04:45

"She learned the language and she learned to fight, but she never learned how to beat the lonely nights In Lonesome Dove"

17 Jun 2014 04:30

Can anyone tell me what Gus McaCrae in Lonesome Dove favorite thing is. He likes to ride a fine horse in new country but that's not his favorite thing lol...

17 Jun 2014 04:27

Lonesome Dove is definitely the longest 8 hour movie ever. But definitely a great western. Lol

17 Jun 2014 04:17

The fact that Lonesome Dove is on Netflix makes me one happy cannot👌

17 Jun 2014 04:05

Have had a great last couple of nights with my dad watching Lonesome Dove for the first time, but we watched every last one of them out of order... :€ had a great dinner yesterday and it was better the second time around tonight ; ) we even got started mudding the sheet rock in house! Super excited about all the improvements. We've been enjoying the quality time : )

17 Jun 2014 03:48

OK - what does "poked" mean? I remember what it meant in Lonesome Dove . . .

17 Jun 2014 03:29

Love nights like tonight: horses were great, got my favorite goat tying cowboy spending the night, and now watching lonesome dove. Only thing could make it better is if my honey could have stayed:)

17 Jun 2014 02:59

"Lonesome Dove" I would rather watch once than 10 years of GOT.

17 Jun 2014 02:10

you could make a badass reboot of Lonesome Dove today

17 Jun 2014 02:00

Bout to get on this lonesome dove marathon

17 Jun 2014 01:22

So, should I watch Lonesome Dove or The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly?

17 Jun 2014 00:22

[BUR] Lonesome Dove {~BŪЯ§Ţ~} was just iced by Tony, who has whacked a total of 1,431,441 rivals. Tony just brought the body count to 1,431,439 by icing {OWM} owm joematai.

Catching up movie tie-in Winter's Tale by Mark Halprin 10th reminds me of someone, A Man In Full by Thomas Wolfe 11th secondhand book gem Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 12th pretend to have read..Lonesome Dove, I don't like it so skimmed barely 13th makes me laugh..I don't like books that are humorous but A Prayer For Owen Meany made me laugh and cry. 14th An Old Favorite Chesapeake by James Michener 15th Favorite fictional father Carson Drew father of Nancy Drew

16 Jun 2014 23:08

Listening to cd's and getting ready to watch lonesome dove on VHS!!! *** I'm old school.

16 Jun 2014 22:17

Bose Ikard's grave site in Greenwood Cemetary on Front. St. in Weatherford -- Bose Ikard worked for Charles Goodnight as a Cowboy and the engraving on the stone says this: Bose Ikard (1859–1928) with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches, splendid behavior. C. GOODNIGHT Bose Ikard was the basis for the character Deets in Lonesome Dove, as Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight represented Gus, and Woodrow Call respectively.

You know, this has been a pretty good day so far. Even if I have finished Lonesome Dove. What would be your Great American Novel?

16 Jun 2014 16:48

51st annual Brown County Rodeo is in the books. Thank you to all of our sponsors that helped make this big event happen each year! And thank you to James Andrews with the Andrews Rodeo Company, Ronald Burton, TC Long, Cowgirl Chicks, and Lonesome Dove Rodeo Company

16 Jun 2014 16:35

I just want to lay in bed all day and watch Lonesome Dove.

16 Jun 2014 16:26

Lonesome Dove despite being made in late 80s. And loved Cohen brother's True Grit. Wish movie makers would do more westerns!

16 Jun 2014 15:37

Re-watching Lonesome Dove for first time in decades. Hasn't aged a day. So many great actors getting their start -- B…

16 Jun 2014 11:31

How many Lonesome Dove fans are out there? Here's an interesting interview from Robert Duvall from American...

16 Jun 2014 10:12

Good morning. Like to thank my kids for the Happy Father Day wishes. Yesterday was good. I cleaned the pool n filter. Run around shopping. Then the best part. I got to watch my favorite movie. "Lonesome Dove".

16 Jun 2014 09:38

Well *** I was gonna go to sleep but, Pure Country is on. This one is up there with Lonesome Dove on my ranks.

16 Jun 2014 07:58

Idc how many times I've seen Lonesome Dove, I cry every time Gus dies😥

16 Jun 2014 07:30

The 4th Lonesome Dove breaks my heart every time but yet I continue to watch it

16 Jun 2014 07:08

Lonesome Dove marathon, part 3 and still going strong!

16 Jun 2014 05:42

Personal best tonight. I guess the spurs inspired me. Now for some Lonesome Dove on Netflix. Goodnight…

Happy Father's Day to Robert Duvall in Lonesome Dove, who taught me how to be a man.

11 Jun 2014 20:33

SUBSCRIBE NOW and receive a risk-free issue plus a free downloadable booklet: Lost Skills of the Old West We caught up with Robert Duvall to talk Gus, behind-the-scene stories from Lonesome Dove, horses, and future projects.

10 Jun 2014 05:06

Watched Lonesome Dove last night, I love old Robert Duvall.. well it was over around midnight, and I decided to work on my geneology, found some old notes from a 2nd cousin of mine that past away years ago. He had told me a story of his dad working on a ranch for a Mr. Goodnight and was pd. $30. a month. Said that was around New Mexico and Texas that the Ranches were located. So I decided to pull up the name on my computer, found the Chism Ranch and Charles Goodnight was partner with John Chism. They said that the story of Lonesome Dove was based on the life of Charley Goodnight and a Mr. Lovely. They were partners and best friends and Charley took Mr. Lovely back to Texas for burial..The story added alot of script that was not true just to have a good story.. So anyway my Grandpa Wells older brother worked for Charles Goodnight..When my grandson Lane was little he named every animal we had, Gus, Woodrow, Deets and etc.lol

09 Jun 2014 02:46

This past week has been Lonesome Dove week on the UP network, channel 124 if you have Time Warner Cable in San Antonio. Larry McMurtry, ya know!!!

08 Jun 2014 13:23

"Poke" was used many times in the movie "Lonesome Dove" Larry McMurtry regarding sexual advances to a ***

06 Jun 2014 05:21

Let's see...Open Range, Lonesome Dove (and every prequel/sequel), Legends of the Fall, Tombstone, Unforgiven, Cowboys, Young Guns 1&2, Ghost and the Darkness, couple of Eastwood spaghetti westerns and what else am I missing?

04 Jun 2014 02:02

Saturday night Jonathan lassoed me and today he is getting upset while we watch Lonesome Dove. The fun and caring parts of Jonathan Bolick.

25 May 2014 00:25

Thinking about y'all today. Mom and Dad went to the parade this morning. They said it wasn't as exciting without "us". There's a snapshot somewhere of Eddie Wilson and me dressed as 'cowboys' for our jr. play. I was remembering when we almost caused our play to be cancelled by Lucille Patton. He said something sarcastic to me, (with his "Elvis-curled lip"), that I didn't appreciate. I knocked his designer-Stetson off. He poked me in the nose. I cried! We 'rassled'. Calmer people prevailed... End of "fight". Lucille sent everyone home and told us there wouldn't be a play. Well, this was 'dress rehearsal', and I'm sure she heard from Grady, Joe Bailey, Charlie, et. al. (Loretta, too...since her daughter was a star.) I had borrowed the chaps and cowboy trappings from Sprout Seddon and Bill Cummins. It was a a great play! Ed and I were like Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall in "Lonesome Dove"! Happy Memorial Day to all my dear friends from Hollis, especially Eddie Wilson (the authentic cowboy!)

Happy Mother's Day from Fred Lomire … actor William Boyd played HIMSELF in the early Hopalong Cassidy serials : His Life was Novelized in Nevada Smith : he was a Vengeful Vigilante . the The Lone Ranger was another set of pulp stories attached to his LEGENDS … see Lonesome Dove for more Achey-Brakey Nostalgia ☼ .

07 May 2014 03:02

Plus the via had features on Whale Watching at Oregon's Depoe Bay, All thru Cal. and Alaska, I didn't see mention of Cape Disappointment or WA. an article on that God energy RED ROCK ENERGY in Tucson, AZ and a Scottsdale feature. Disneyland, It's A Small World with Walt opening ceremony and children from all over the globe filling the river part of the ride with water and California Adventure Cars ride and Pinnacles National Park and McCall, ID (Lonesome Dove was in that last Cowboys and Indians Annual Photography Issue, I reopened this AM). etc.

02 May 2014 17:03

True Story of Texas Grit! Oliver Loving From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In literature[edit] The manner of Loving's death and burial was borrowed by novelist Larry McMurtry for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove. In the book, Augustus "Gus" McCrae is injured by Indian arrows and sends his companion Pea Eye Parker to retrieve Woodrow F. Call. McCrae makes it to Miles City, but dies of blood poisoning, despite having one of his legs amputated. Call, like Goodnight, brings him back to Texas to bury him. [hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2007) This article should be divided into sections by topic, to make it more accessible. (January 2014) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. (May 2008) Oliver Loving Born December 4, 1812 Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Died September 25, 1867 (aged 54) Fort Sumner, New Mexico ...

30 Apr 2014 23:23

Things are developing at a breakneck pace vis-a-vis Saturday's vendor fair at Quaker Hill Baptist Church. No Hollywood celebrity has said he or she will not be there. Thus, there is always the possibility that Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Sandra Bullock, Demi Moore, George Clooney, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and a host of other directors, actors, comedians, and movie producers will be there. This event could turn out to be a reunion for the cast of Lonesome Dove. I have received no notification that that will not be the case. In fact, there are totally unconfirmed reports that everyone in Hollywood is talking about this and that they're already chartering flights to the nearest airport (and I mean "unconfirmed" in the strongest possible sense).

Carolyn's in Galveston with her mother and sister and I am Home Alone playing guitar, eating cheese dip and Blue Bell and watching Lonesome Dove!

19 Apr 2014 15:01

Q: I was surprised to learn that you've never watched the Lonesome Dove miniseries with Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. Larry McMurtry: Another myth I'm exploding is that writers are so entranced by their own work that they read it over and over, or watch it over and over as a film. I was tired of Lonesome Dove before it ever became a miniseries. I've seen snippets, and it seems pretty good.

11 Apr 2014 03:07

Robert Duvall has appeared in the classic films To Kill a Mockingbird, True Grit and MASH before gaining stardom in the 1970s with unforgettable performances in films such as The Godfather I & II, Network and Apocalypse Now. Duvall received six Oscar nominations in his career, and won Best Actor for 1983’s Tender Mercies. His television work includes Lonesome Dove (1989) and Broken Trail (2006), for which he won an Emmy. ST. LOUIS CONNECTION - A devout Christian Scientist, Duvall attended and graduated from The Principia High School in St. Louis and went on to graduate from nearby Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.

26 Mar 2014 21:52

“. If you want any one thing too badly, it's likely to turn out to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things, like a sip of good whiskey in the evening, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk, or a feisty gentleman like myself.”-Gus McCrae-Lonesome Dove

.on Tom Landry's final hours with the and the importance of Lonesome Dove:

28 Feb 2014 18:27

Great meeting at the museum last evening. Jeane Brunson, Parker County Clerk gave a talk about how they are preserving the old documents that are at teh County annex in Weatherford. They date back to after the courthouse fire in 1874. One document has the original signature of Oliver Loving, famous cattleman. Lonesome Dove based on what happened to him. Robert Duvall played him in the movie. Famous man in these parts. So glad we have those who are interested in preserving history. Our museum's motto: "Preserving the past for the future."

28 Feb 2014 16:39

Texas Tour, May 2014 1. Two Circles Bar Ranch, Double Mountains, Stonewall County Buster Welch, a retired Texas cutting horse trainer, purchased the original Two Circles Bar Ranch near the Double Mountains and Raton, Tx. He sold several thousand acres to Robert Duvall after the making of "Lonesome Dove." We visited the area for a Hart Family Reunion in Aug 2011. Duvall uses the acreage to house exotic animals. Buster has invited me to tour the ranch and he can show me the original sites of my great-grandfather's house and barns (Jesse Hittson (1855-1942). It's on my list for our drive through Raton during the first month of May. On the ranch is a cemetery where the Pringle Moore and Donna Vernon Hittson children rest. There are only nine graves. It's a must visit for photos this trip.

23 Feb 2014 07:52

I was listening to soundtracks from westerns on You Tube and it reminded me of how the music could effect the feel of a movie and how some of our favorites were helped or enhanced. Of course The Magnificent Seven is a prime example. I was also listening to other scores by Elmer Bernstein and those by Jerry Goldsmith. Basil Polidouris from Lonesome Dove and Quigley Down Under also got played. Question: Which movie score do you feel helped or hindered a movie?

19 Feb 2014 04:21

I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, Godfather I & II, and Lonesome Dove. -Rob…

18 Feb 2014 22:56

Did I miss anything important? I just spent the last four days cataloging my favorite 200 films and building a smart ebook that helps you watch all of them instantly for free if possible. I think many might be surprised most by the ones that didn't make my list, films I feel are vastly over-rated right now, a list that includes: The Shawshank Redemption, Lord of the Rings, Dances with Wolves, The Deer Hunter, Star Wars, anything about James Bond or Harry Potter. Here is what did make my list, and if I missed something important, let me know. Part 1 Stagecoach (1939) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) The Searchers (1956) True Grit (1969) The Wild Bunch (1969) Little Big Man (1970) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Lonesome Dove (1989) Dead Man (1995) True Grit (2010) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Charade (1965) The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1965) The Ipcress File (1965) Who’ll Stop the Rain? (1978) Munich (2006) The Company (2007) Carlos (2010) The Ghost Writer (2010) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( ...

15 Feb 2014 06:15

Imagine how different "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" might have been if it had starred Burt Reynolds as McMurphy and Lily Tomlin as Nurse Ratched, as originally intended. And who can picture Sylvester Stallone starring in "Beverly Hills Cop" or Al Pacino as ... "Rambo"? And the movie "Terms of Endearment" was based on a book of the same name (written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry, who also wrote "Lonesome Dove"), but the character of Garrett Breedlove, played by Jack Nicholson, and for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, wasn't in the book. It was written specifically into the screen version for Burt Reynolds, who turned it down to star in ... "Stroker Ace," which was a box-office bomb.

08 Feb 2014 04:08

Got the truck out of the shop then durango goes in the shop, never win , Tuf & I r up watchin Lonesome Dove

04 Feb 2014 06:38

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01 Feb 2014 09:02

Hey Angela Holladay Bryant I remember a few days ago you or a friend of yours talking about watching Lonesome Dove again and I have just finished waching the follow up Streets of Laredo and thought I would share a few memories and thoughts about it not only with you but with anyon else interested in reading. First off Sissy Spaceck (as always) And James Garner were magnificent. and so was the actress who played Maria ( I dont know her name) One thing I think Mcmurtry potrtrayed very well was the extremely important yet underplayed role that women played back then. One of the reasons I liked this particular movie was because when my sister Pam and I were small children and I am talking nearly 50 years ago we had a small black and white white tv and on a Friday night we were allowed to stay up (probably till 8pm) to watch the Man From Larimie with Clint Walker. Now Whenever I am driving eastbound on I80 and descend into Larimie out of the Medicine Bow forest It takes me back all those years to long before J ...

28 Jan 2014 03:11

Doing copious amounts of reading on Western US history is more fun when you listen to the themes from Bonanza, Lonesome Dove, and The Magnificent Seven. I want a pet bison and a chuck wagon. But not so much the cholera.

19 Jan 2014 03:53

Well just dried my tears again. Been watchin Lonesome Dove for probably the 10th time and I cry like a baby every time. Love,love,love that movie. Its mine and Ronnies favorite movie of all time. Dont tell anybody but there were tears in hubbys eyes to.

15 Jan 2014 04:24

Well I am sitting on my saddle, in my pjs, in my living room, watchin Lonesome Dove and ropin the tv! Tried to rope butter cup, but she is a mean customer, a renegade at heart with a kick!! Oh yeah got my boots on with my spurs! Now I am waitin for my cup of coffee! Don't tell butter cup, but I am goin to heel her when she comes with the coffee, oh butter cup!

12 Jan 2014 14:13

the remarkable first season of Deadwood represents one of those periodic, wholesale reinventions of the Western that is as different from, say, Lonesome Dove as that miniseries is from Howard Hawks's Rio Bravo or the latter is from Anthony Mann's The Naked Spur. In many ways, Deadwood embraces the Western's unambiguous morality during the cinema's silent era through the 1930s while also blazing trails through a post-NYPD Blue, post-The West Wing television age exalting dense and customized dialogue. On top of that, Deadwood has managed an original look and texture for a familiar genre: gritty, chaotic, and surging with both dark and hopeful energy. Yet the show's creator, erstwhile NYPD Blue head writer David Milch, never ridicules or condescends to his more grasping, futile characters or overstates the virtues of his heroic ones. Set in an ungoverned stretch of South Dakota soon after the 1876 Custer massacre, Deadwood concerns a lawless, evolving town attracting fortune-seekers, drifters, tyrants, and b ...

Up in the middle of the night, watchin Lonesome Dove. Me and mama would watch it everytime it came on. Crazy how watching a movie can make you feel closer to someone who is gone. Sure do miss and love you, mama!!!

07 Jan 2014 01:48

yes, assuming there wasn't an ancillary villain in Lonesome Dove named Jimbo.

07 Jan 2014 01:26

Lonesome dove always leaves me teary eyed 😭

07 Jan 2014 01:17

Lonesome Dove is awesome. Pretty sure my Dad's seen it a million times. Horses are the BEST actors, it's nuts

07 Jan 2014 01:16

I once spent a whole Saturday watching "Lonesome Dove" tell him to watch it

06 Jan 2014 23:46

just thought, maybe you guys dont know what Lonesome Dove is. you can come over and watch it with me. i have lots of taquitos.

06 Jan 2014 23:44

just said aloud to no one "Oh boy i'm gonna go watch Lonesome Dove!" because i am everybody's Uncle Tony apparently

06 Jan 2014 22:32

Just finished Lonesome Dove about to start the second movie return to Lonesome Dove what a sad day Mr Augustus McCreae will be missed :( Ricki Grant

06 Jan 2014 22:13

Right Lonesome Dove, let's see what you're all about (finally! )

06 Jan 2014 20:22

I’d say more Lonesome Dove than Maverick, mate!

06 Jan 2014 20:00

"The older the violin, the sweeter the music" . Augustus McRae!! (Lonesome Dove)

06 Jan 2014 19:50

We have been in Lonesome Dove all weekend. Now we are going into the west! Cowgirl up.

06 Jan 2014 18:49

Newt from Lonesome Dove is a fine looking man.

06 Jan 2014 18:01

I'm def going to watch lonesome dove when I get home

06 Jan 2014 17:18

Lonesome Dove. It's a beautiful book. But I'm sure I'll have another one to recommend next week!

06 Jan 2014 16:48

Asked mom if she wanted to watch Lonesome Dove, her face lit up like a little kid on Christmas morning.

06 Jan 2014 16:31

Lonesome dove marathon with the old man 👌

06 Jan 2014 12:51

Lonesome Dove Rd is icy. I am not going out THAT way! My long driveway looks scary. Either driveway has an embankment to fall down. Not going to be fun leaving this morning. Everybody brace up and keep warm!

06 Jan 2014 08:56

Happy Birthday Robert Duvall, superb actor. Underrated by many, The Godfather and Lonesome Dove are his best

06 Jan 2014 08:04

Wow Lonesome Dove was surprising really good.

06 Jan 2014 07:53

The song that speaks to my passionate soul is "Standing Outside the Fire" by Garth Brooks, "The Dance" and "In Lonesome Dove ...

06 Jan 2014 05:06

“Which books make you feel like you're going home when you open their covers and sink in? Lonesome Dove.

06 Jan 2014 04:28

Lonesome Dove is a fantastic movie.

06 Jan 2014 04:28

Time to watch some Lonesome Dove! By far one of the best movies ever made

06 Jan 2014 04:19

I just wanna cuddle and watch Lonesome Dove!

06 Jan 2014 03:29

First time watching lonesome dove since brad passed away...don't know how to feel about this.

Teddy Blue Abbot inspired "Lonesome Dove", but there's more to his story. shares this tale:

05 Jan 2014 22:28

The Lonesome Dove will be reopening tomorrow night for dinner service at 5:00 pm. Call us today to reserve your table.

05 Jan 2014 22:00

anyone who quotes Lonesome Dove is ok in my book.

05 Jan 2014 21:48

I think most the cowboying he done is from watching lonesome dove.

05 Jan 2014 21:00

Sunday Funday: Lonesome Dove, anyone? Or perhaps Saturday night was a bit rough and you need a Hair of the Prairie Dog?

05 Jan 2014 20:25

The decision has been made, Lonesome Dove. For a total of 6 hrs, this will be my Sunday movie for a few weeks.

05 Jan 2014 19:40

You should check out "Comanche Moon" coach. It's a sequel to lonesome dove & it's in Netflix

05 Jan 2014 19:21

It's one of those Sundays, I could sit and watch Lonesome Dove all day with a blanket! I already got the Morgan poured!

05 Jan 2014 19:10

The first two asked for my recommendations. (Lonesome dove, slaughterhouse, sword of shanara, Isaac Asimov). I could've done this all day.

05 Jan 2014 17:27

Lonesome dove is loaded with quotes, it's a shame that only 3 people I know actually have seen it enough to get em

05 Jan 2014 16:47

right after we drive two longhorns from Lonesome Dove to Nebraska. I call the burro.

05 Jan 2014 16:05

Snowed in, might as well watch Lonesome Dove all day

05 Jan 2014 15:49

Pulled out Lonesome Dove s place and The Princess Diaries was in there with it

05 Jan 2014 15:13

I was thinkin about being productive today but I haven't watched all of Lonesome Dove in awhile..

05 Jan 2014 06:05

Laurie is such a girl about everything in Lonesome Dove.

05 Jan 2014 05:59

Ummm.if you dont like Lonesome Dove you can lick on my left nut

05 Jan 2014 04:43

Lonesome Dove is the greatest movie of all time.

05 Jan 2014 00:41

Weenied-out on Lonesome Dove and going with Open Range instead.(for the 100th time) In a "happy ending" mood.

03 Jan 2014 07:02

So I'm in the shower and look down to see something small and verdant circling my ankles. I immediately diagnose baby Water Moccasins and the whimper of my discomfort was heard as far afield as Casper, WY. Having both read and watched Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove I know what those suckers can do to a man! Upon closer inspection the nest of fledging vipers did however turn out to be a pine needle. As in one. Singular. If this happened to somebody else I'd be inclined to dismiss it as the demented ravings of a lunatic drama queen. But having experienced it first hand I see it more as a sense of heightened reality. In a lunatic drama queen. With a pathological phobia for reptiles.

02 Jan 2014 18:54

Lonesome dove oh lonesome dove your call upon the wind I hear. It takes me back to another time when my true love was near. Go rest little dove in the tall tall trees an sing your mournful song and I will walk upon this earth and think of those that are gone.

02 Jan 2014 01:22

Ending the day with Lonesome Dove, alone, cause my family doesn't understand the value of this movie.

02 Jan 2014 00:28

I feel so awful...but I'm in the bed watchin Lonesome Dove makin the best of this...

01 Jan 2014 21:47

"Return To Lonesome Dove", is just not the same with out Tommy Lee Jones. I don't even wanna watch it with this wanna be captain Call

01 Jan 2014 05:11

Happy New Year! Lonesome Dove saw me through! This is a first in how many years I can't even remember!!

01 Jan 2014 04:55

Looking for a DVD of 'Lonesome Dove' in excellent shape!

01 Jan 2014 04:52

Lonesome Dove beats the chess club.

31 Dec 2013 01:14

*tells self not to go on rant, tells self not to go on...* Can someone please, PLEASE, point me to a Western that is NOT: 1) a Zane Grey, Max Brand, or Louis L'amour repeat. Those authors were all great, but my goodness, c'mon fellow authors, write YOUR story, not theirs. 2) 1st person. Sometimes 1st person is good, but if I open up a book about a gunfighter or a marshal or whatever and I see 1st person, I know straightaway the MC lives and that, frankly, takes out one helluva lot of tension. Please, someone point me to a gritty, dark, realistic Western that has not been riddled with and sucked of life by political correctness. I don't care if the author is indie or famous or both, don't care if the book was published yesterday or last century, but I want something more along the lines of Unforgiven than Lonesome Dove. PLEASE. Cause I've been looking and I'm not finding it.

29 Dec 2013 19:57

Went out to the Covington Walmart earlier, followed by Half Price Books in Tukwila. Used my X-mas gift card at Walmarts & saved 20% at HPB (sale through tomorrow)!! R.O.N. is D.V.D. happy, NEW to collection: "Holy Man" "HollywoodLand" "Finding Neverland" "Witness" (SE w/ awesome bonus material) "The Hired Hand" (CE) The (Dean) Martin & (Jerry) Lewis Collector's Edition (2 DVDs) "The Prestige" "Men in Black 3" (only $4.99 at HPB!!) "The Princess Bride" (Dread Pirate Edition) (2-disc set) **LOL this is the third copy of the movie I own on DVD but there are some most excellent bonus features/material on this one so I just had to get it!!** 'We Bought A Zoo" "Stargate" (UE Extended Cut) "The Day After Tomorrow" "Fire With Fire" "Lonesome Dove" (2-disc CE) & 15-movie action pack (成龍 Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris Steven Seagal) Saved money, used gift card = money spent well.

25 Dec 2013 04:26

Favorite gift this year, an old 1985 copy of The Lonesome Dove. It also had several news paper clippings of The Fort Worth Star from the 1980's about Lonesome Dove stuck inside the pages. I can't muster the words to explain how much I love the movie, so this book is sure going to keep my eye.

Malisa, I've hesitated because to leave out any of my friends seems traitorous. Here are a few: Walden, Thoreau; Lincoln, Carl Sandburg; Hawaii, James Michener; All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy; Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Tom Robbins; the Bible; On the Road, Jack Kerouac; Go Down Moses, Faulkner (or any sentence of his); Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald; To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee; Tale of Two Cities, Dickens; Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry; Black Boy, Richard Wright; Watership Down, Richard Adams; "Song of Myself" Walt Whitman--"I think I could turn and live with the animals, they're so placid and self-contained. I stand and look at them long and long." Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad. I guess I should stop, for now.

20 Dec 2013 21:37

In need of diversion this week, I had myself a Larry McMurty Texan style re-education on not so distant US american history. 'Course, I've seen Lonesome Dove a few times, Duvall and Tommy Lee just aint to be missed wherever they crop up. This time I commenced with the youtube offerings in chronologically askew fashion. Dead Man's Walk (seen before), Comanche Moon (first view), Streets of Laredo with James Garner and topped off with Lonesome Dove itself...but a crappy end that was as it only had the first two parts and the second was missing its first section, darnit. I'd completely forgotten how cute Diane lane was, but that's by the by. The true nature of the genocidal war on the indigenous population was not given enough weight, though some of the characters were truly horrible whatever skin colour they happened to be. Man rarely looks down on himself objectively as he is caught up in his own history and the making of it. Maybe fiction is as close as we get to an objective view. What was amply evident i ...

19 Dec 2013 14:33

I have a movie suggestion I'd like to offer. When I was a kid, a movie called Lonesome Dove came out and my father watched it religiously. It became a family tradition each year. It's more of a mini series. It stars Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, and Rick Shroder(sp?) among many others. I'm watching it in full in honor of the family tradition right now. I truly believe this was the greatest western ever made. The reason I say that is because this movie is so historically accurate that it remains relevant even though it was made in the 80's. It is also the most accurate translation of a novel I've ever seen. The way the "old west" was, that short window of less than forty years after the civil war and leading into the 1900's, has had so many interpretations and Lonesome Dove stands as a shining example of the hardship, pleasures, life lessons, and fortitude necessary to survive within this time. If there was ever a cinematic experience that could impact your life, it is ...

17 Dec 2013 20:06

We haven’t had a novel from Larry McMurtry in five years, so it’s welcome news that The Last Kind Words Saloon will be coming out in June 2014. This retelling of the friendship between Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp is already being compared to Lonesome Dove. If you love the Old West, or if you just love fine writing, place your hold now in the WRL catalog.

11 Dec 2013 01:15

Thanks Alicyn Gitlin for enticing me to come up with 10 books that have stuck with me. I've changed it up a bit, mentioning trilogies and some authors in general, but here goes: Another Roadside Attraction - Tom Robbins. My favorite of many... All Larry McMurtrey - So many - Horseman Pass By, Lonesome Dove + All Barbara Kingsolver - partial to the out west books - Animal Dreams, etc All Desert Solitaire, Monkey Wrench Gang - Ed Abbey All Both Fear and Loathing books - Hunter Thompson (Las Vegas and on the Campaign Trail) All Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey All Catch 22 - Joseph Heller New Mexico Trilogy - John Nichols All Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy The GroVont Trilogy - Tim Sandlin All Like Jim Smart, I've indicated with an "All" that I've read almost everything a given author has written.

6 facts about my pregnancy! 1. I found out I was pregnant in November of 2010. The first person I called was my mother. We were all very excited/nervous. 2. I went from weighing 115 to 180. Yes I was huge! But thankfully No stretch marks. & a week after he was born I was back to my old size. 3. We chose the name Dyson because we wanted him to have the same initials as his dad. DLB. I was watchin Lonesome Dove one day & the producers name was Dyson. We both loved it. (He is not named after a vacuum cleaner) 4. I never got sick throughout my pregnancy. Not once. 5. We found out I had preeclampsia which means my blood pressure was too high so I got put one be rest. The day Dyson was born I had gotten a terrible headache so I went to the hospital & my BP was outrageously high so they decided I had to have him. Some "complications" caused me to have to have a c-section. Which scared the crap out of me. 6. Dr. Dozier knew how bad I needed my mother so he let her & Dustin be in the room while he delivered Dyson. ...